Incandescent-mantle support.



Patentedl Dec. 26, |899.

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' UNITED STATES PATENT EEICE;

ALBERT S. NEWBY, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR TO IIIMSELF,

AND BARRON GQ COLLIER,

oE MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE.

INCANDESCENT-MANTLE SUPPORT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters FatentANo. 640,014, dated December 26, 1899.

Application nea April 12, 1899.

T all whom t may oon/cern.-

Be it known that I, ALBERT S. NEWBY, of Kansas City, in the county of Jackson and State of Missouri, have invented a new and Improved Incandescent-Mantle Support, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to an improvement in means for supporting incandescent mantlcs for lamps.

My invention comprises the novel features 'which will -be hereinafter described and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views;

Figure l is a side elevation of my device, shown in place upon a burner. Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation of the upper portion of a burner, showing the exact means for securing my device in place. Fig. 3 is an elevation of the same, taken from a point at right angles to that of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a section upon the line 4 4 in Fig. l; and Fig. 5 is a perspective view showing the lower portion of the rod which carries the mantle.

One object which is sought to be accomplished by my invention is to provide a mantle which shall be already hung or secured to its Support, so as to avoid the difliculty and the danger to the mantle of endeavoring to hang the mantle to a separate support, instead of which the mantle and the support are furnished together, it being only necessary to insert the lower end of the mantle-support within a socket and the mantle will be secured in place upon the burner.

It often happens in endeavoring to secure mantles to an ordinary mantle-support that the mantle is broken and injured and in many cases destroyed. If the mantle were secured toa separate support in the factory, where it is possible to employ expert labor, it would be possible to replace a broken mantle with a new one without this danger of injuring the mantle. With this object in view I secure the mantle A to the upper horizontal arm Serial No. 712,748. (No model.)

G of a vertical rod F, the lower end of said rod being formed of some non-circular section, as shown at f, so that it may be inserted intoa socket and held securelyin place. This socket E may be formed upon the burner itself or, as herein shown, may be formed upon a ring C, which surrounds the upper end of the burner D, and which is herein shown as forming a cap for the burner, said cap carrying the gauze H through which the gas escapes before burning. .If desired, the cap C or a ring, which is designed to slip over the upper portion of the burner in a manner similar to that in which the cap is put in place, may be supplied as a part of the mantle-support, the whole being simply slipped over the upper portion of the burner. 4

By furnishing a mantle already hung it will be possible to replace an injured mantle without any danger of injuring the fresh mantle.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. A burner-cap, comprising a ring or cylinder adapted to fit over and closely embrace the burner-top, and having a longitudinallyextending hollow rib projecting outward beyond the periphery of the ring, the ring or cylinder having a hole at the upper end of said rib whereby it is adapted to receive a mantle-supporting standard and a stop at the lower end of the rib acting as a support for said mantle-supporting standard, substantially as described.

2. A cap and mantle-support, comprising a ring or cylinder adapted to fit over and closely embrace the burner-top, and having a longitudinally-extending hollow rib projecting beyond the periphery at one side, the cylinder having a hole at the upper end of said rib,

and a mantle-supporting rod having one end adapted to enter said hole and rib, the body of the ring at the lower end of said rib acting as a stop for the rod,and means for securing the mantle to the other end of said rod, substantially as described.

3. A burner-cap, comprising a ring or cylin der adapted to fit over the burner-tube and having its upper edge rolled inward forming ale-supporting post and it stop for said post a flange adapted to engage the top of the at the lower end of the rib, substantially as burner-tube to limit the descent of the cap l described.

thereon, and to confine a gauze @over between ALBERT S. NEWBY. 5 the two, said cap having a rib stamped out- XVitnesses:

` Ward on one side and open at its upper end R. N. ALLEN,

forming a socket for the reception of :t man- ERNEST G. FRANKS. 

